When I commenced my daily nature walk today, the temperature was around 7–8°C, but with the wind, it felt colder—often dropping to 0–4°C. Strong south-easterly winds of approximately 25–35 mph made it feel much chillier.
  Our hebe shrubs along the hedge in front of the house are still full of purple flowers. These flowers are usually a good source of pollen for bees in the spring and summer; unfortunately, this is not the case in winter. However, they still look colourful and cheerful on the shrubs at this time of year.
   In Cows Lane, I noticed a wood pigeon perched on a rooftop, making a loud, continuous territorial warble. As I began to walk around the outskirts of the recreation field, I found the grass was soft and slightly damp from intermittent showers and a heavy frost last night.
  I also spotted a pair of magpies flying around a row of pine trees bordering the new houses adjacent to the playing field, while a single gull flew high overhead towards the golf course.
  When I reached the entrance leading to the cemetery road, the friendly Pitbull Terrier was seated on the trampoline in his garden. I am sure he is used to me passing by now, as he no longer barks; he simply sits looking impassively at me as I walk by.
   Near the cemetery gates, a large number of rooks were flying above the rookery. A male blackbird hastily hopped under a nearby shrub, and a pair of blue tits fled into the bushy hedgerow as I passed. Further on, a herring gull was feeding on the golf course grass, and a couple of feral pigeons were perched on the leisure centre roof. To finish the walk, I saw another stationary wood pigeon on a rooftop in Cows Lane.
Statistics:
Distance: 1.99 miles
Duration: 42 minutes
Activity: 23 Google Fit Heart Points